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Online Therapeutics is a team of expert clinicians with many years’ experience in psychiatry, Online Counseling, neuroscience, treatment of Depression, Anxiety,
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), addiction, sleep, bereavement, and chronic pain and weight-management problems.
We provide online services ("telepsychiatry") over the Internet, which have been shown to be very effective both clinically and economically, and which offer
many advantages to both patients and clinicians.

Our services are secure, private and confidential, affordable (we accept most forms of insurance), covenient, and very effective. We are here to help.

What are the benefits?

Many persons live in under-served areas, or find it difficult to travel to a medical facility, or wish to retain their privacy in a treatment situation.
Online services provide a very convenient and effective means of getting help, and are rapidly becoming a preferred alternative to physically traveling
to a treatment facility.

To set up an appointment, simply fill out the form provided, or telephone or email us. Sessions can be conducted by video-conferencing, or by telephone.
For video, you need a small Webcam, which plugs into your computer and costs about $30, and has a built-in microphone. Most laptop computers now come with
a built-in Webcam and microphone. The Webcam lets the clinician and you see and hear each other in real time, very much like being in the clinician’s office.
To keep a video appointment, you simply click on the button in the Video Session tab to start the appointment at the specified time. There is no software
to install.

How much does it cost?

The introductory session is free.
Our fees are as follows: 1) $125 for a one-hour video consultation; 2) $85 for a 30-minute video consultation; 3) $65 for a 15-minute medications
check; 4) $245 for a full diagnostic evaluation; and 5) $55 for a 15-30 minute telephone consultation. We will also arrange for other
types of appointments, should the need arise. We prefer that you pay by PayPal or by credit-card for each session, but we are also set up
to bill through Medicare and through Tricare.
The federal government has recently greatly expanded its coverage of psychiatric and counseling services.
The advantage to you of paying by PayPal or by credit-card is that no insurance company or other entity will ever have access to
your records, and we do not have to enter a coded "mental disorder", as all insurance companies would otherwise require. We have set
up the payment process to be as painless as possible. With a single click you can pay up-front, or you can have PayPal bill you later.
If you have any questions, please use one of the forms provided to contact us.

Is it really effective?

Yes, very much so. (Please check out the “Links”, which contain information about some of the numerous studies that have shown the effectiveness of
online mental health services.) We are very experienced clinicians, having worked in private practice and at major medical schools for many years,
and having won numerous awards for clinical practice, research, and teaching. Virtually all of our patients have claimed that the online experience is
superior to the experience of traveling to and waiting to be seen at a standard treatment facility. The sessions are totally private and secure, and
all information is strictly privileged. The sessions are one-on-one, person-to-person, with sessions scheduled at the patient’s convenience and with
no waiting time involved.

What about medications?

We are fully licensed and insured to dispense medications over the Internet in a number of different states. Some pain medications require the signature
of a local physician, usually the family doctor, with whom we make the appropriate arrangements.

What is the down-side?

We have yet to encounter any significant difficulties or lack of effectiveness, compared to private practice. As with any doctor-patient interaction,
the chief goals are to establish an enduring sense of trust, and the ability to come to terms with the challenges one faces.

How to recognize

Depression

If you identify with several of the following signs and symptoms, and they just won’t go away, you may be suffering from clinical depression.

you can’t sleep or you sleep too much

you can’t concentrate or find that previously easy tasks are now difficult

you feel hopeless and helpless

you can’t control your negative thoughts, no matter how much you try

you have lost your appetite or you can’t stop eating

you are much more irritable, short-tempered, or aggressive than usual

you’re consuming more alcohol than normal or engaging in other reckless behavior

you have thoughts that life is not worth living (seek help immediately if this is the case)

Practically all persons need a close (intimate) attachment to another living being in order to be happy. This requires trust (of not being hurt),
self-esteem (the feeling that one is worthy of such a relationship), and the ability to give and accept love. Persons having problems in one or more
of these areas are likely to have a fear of intimacy, and this fear is quite likely to stand in the way of that person's happiness, as well as
that of his or her mate. Such problems arise from a history of abuse, trauma, and the lack of a suitable role model, and often result in a sense of
chronic unhappiness and unfulfillment in one's spouse. Common signs are a fear of being touched, of revealing one's inner-most thoughts, and of
discounting, ignoring, or avoiding one's partner's needs.

Broadly speaking, one might have a weight problem if one's weight poses a threat to one's physical or emotional well-being. This can be either excessive
weight, or an eating disorder such as anorexia nervosa or bulemia. Food is a potent reward, and excessive eating is often the symptom of an underlying
depression. Diets and diet pills almost never solve an excessive eating disorder: whatever is causing the underlying depression must be dealt with in
order to solve the problem. Insufficient nutritional intake, conversely, is a potentially life-threatening condition, and similarly requires help in
getting at the underlying causes, which can often be traced to dysfunctional early family relationships. The first step is to recognize that your
eating and excercise habits are a legitimate cause for concern for both your physical and emotional well-being, and that effective help is available.

If a behavior (such as drinking, smoking, drug use, gambling, internet use, or other) becomes so important to an individual that it intereferes with
his or her social relationships, work, or health, one can be said to have an addiction. This can be either psychological, or physical, or both.
Curiously, the mind throws up all sorts of protective barriers to one's recognizing and admitting to having an addiction. It is not a form of personal weakness,
but rather is based on a psychological need that has it roots in past relationships, or in one's genetic makeup. If not treated, some addictions are life-threatening.
The biggest hurdle is to recognize that one might have an addiction, that it is interfering with one's happiness and the happiness of one's family and friends,
and then having the courage to seek help.